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Cassin’s Kingbird
Tyrannus vociferans
(L 9" WS 16" Wt 1.6 oz )
Very similar to the Western Kingbird
...a bit larger and darker gray.
Hotel at Del Mar
02Jan2014
Your kingbird doesn’t give a damn
for murderers of high estate
whose mongrel creed is Might Makes Right
-his royal warcry is I AM
      (E.E. Cummings)
Tijuana Estuary
San Diego
25Feb2015
Tyrannus means tyrant; viciferans
in Latin means shouting.
Crown Point
Mission Bay - San Diego
02Jan2018
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